Livinwright Farm's Journal - Our life with goats

[elevan]

If you're reading this, please reply.

We want to know if we should just close our BYH journal...

Simply looking at the number of views compared to the number of replies will give you a good idea that people are indeed reading your journal...that goes for everyone who journals here.

That said - most people are gleaners (readers) and not participators of the journals. I liken online journals to the paper variety...I write about life just as I would in a paper journal. Would I stop writing in a paper journal because no one was reading it? No, I would probably slap them if I knew that they were reading it! So, I guess that's the difference.

The more you write - the more readers you gain - the more likely you'll get interaction. The stuff you write doesn't have to be exciting it just needs to be true to you. Do folks find that sort of thing interesting? I guess they do because they are indeed reading these journals. Lack of interaction doesn't equal lack of readers.

If you want to close your journal, that is of course your choice (just hit the report button and request it from your first post).

...but it should be based on your personal reasons - not because you feel you don't have readers (that's my personal opinion...not a staff one).

Best of luck to you.

 

[that's*satyrical]

Agree with Elevan. I read a lot of the journals but sometimes don't respond. Only if I feel support is needed or I have significant input

 

[77Herford]

Do look like sweet puppies.

 

[daisychick]

I agree too, I read almost everyone's journals. It is like my daily book to read while the kids take a nap. I just hardly ever comment on all of them. I do enjoy reading them.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Guess we're just the kind of people that like people to comment, even if it is with something silly. One sided conversations kind of get boring after a while...

Glad you all keep reading our journal, we will keep it going... Please don't be skittish to comment. We enjoy reading responses. It not only gives us more of an idea of what you are like, but also, the stuff you like or want to hear about.... maybe we will start a new trend: suggest a topic for the week's journaling maybe. LOL



Well, yesterday friends of ours, the ones who are going to lend their Shih Tzu male for our Border Terrier, mentioned that they have a LOT of venison, and that they could give some to us. might we just say, " " We LOVE venison!! Love meeting families where all but one of the family of 7 goes hunting!

Today we brought my Grampa back down to his house... kinda bummed about it. He always does better when he is up here, and when he is at his house he just sits in his recliner(powered to go into standing position or from standing to sitting) sleeping off & on all day long. Wish he would just agree to move up here permanantly and live out his life happily.

Good news on the cheese spreads! everyone that tried them said they were really good, and it was evenly divided as to which one was someone's favorite! It was decided too, that the Garlic herb spread would go LOVELY on top of a nice juicy venison steak! I will be making more for my aunt for Christmas.

 

[elevan]

Today we brought my Grampa back down to his house... kinda bummed about it. He always does better when he is up here, and when he is at his house he just sits in his recliner(powered to go into standing position or from standing to sitting) sleeping off & on all day long. Wish he would just agree to move up here permanantly and live out his life happily.

That generation is very independent aren't they? I feel the same about my Grandma Emily. I get really upset when my aunts decide that she doesn't have a brain of her own too.

Good news on the cheese spreads! everyone that tried them said they were really good, and it was evenly divided as to which one was someone's favorite! It was decided too, that the Garlic herb spread would go LOVELY on top of a nice juicy venison steak! I will be making more for my aunt for Christmas.

I really am gonna have to try the blending trick. Maybe I'll make some specifically for my Grandma Emily...gives me an excuse to visit...not that I need one.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Today we brought my Grampa back down to his house... kinda bummed about it. He always does better when he is up here, and when he is at his house he just sits in his recliner(powered to go into standing position or from standing to sitting) sleeping off & on all day long. Wish he would just agree to move up here permanantly and live out his life happily.

That generation is very independent aren't they? I feel the same about my Grandma Emily. I get really upset when my aunts decide that she doesn't have a brain of her own too.

My mom is the only one of his kids that really thinks about HIS well being. Her brothers will visit when they want something, or want to take something out of his house without asking. It really bothers me that one of her brothers' women(the one he cheated on his two previous wives with) tell my grampa, "it is okay if you have a drink every now and then, it won't hurt you" even though she is supposedly a nurse, and knows that he is on heart meds that say in bold letters "DO NOT DRINK ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE TAKING THIS MEDICATION". It is like she wants him to die. There are many reasons why I do not like that woman, but that takes the cake IMO.

Anywho..

Good news on the cheese spreads! everyone that tried them said they were really good, and it was evenly divided as to which one was someone's favorite! It was decided too, that the Garlic herb spread would go LOVELY on top of a nice juicy venison steak! I will be making more for my aunt for Christmas.

I really am gonna have to try the blending trick. Maybe I'll make some specifically for my Grandma Emily...gives me an excuse to visit...not that I need one.

If you hung your cheese too long and it is on the dry side, you can use a drizzle of olive oil to make the cheese nice and creamy as opposed to that almost powdery/gritty texture.
If you are using sundried tomatoes that are packed in oil, definitely use a drizzle of that oil, but also remember to taste after adding them, and if necessary, add a pinch of sugar... as sometimes there is a bitter tomatoe in the group.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Trying to decide if we should breed both of the doelings that are registerable(still waiting to hear back from the previous owner as to the progress of their registrations), or if we should breed one of them and one of our pet doelings(one of which is 100% pb, but the dam was never registered even though she could be).

We have been able to trace Sheba's wattles as far back as one can go down her sire's side of her pedigree. Hoping this means that we are pretty much guaranteed wattles out of her. Also, blue eyes have been almost a complete dominance from her sire(with her being the exception), so we are pretty excited to find out if pairing her with Frankie will result in blue eyed kids. a few of the dams on her sire's side have produced nothing but blue eyed kids... so that Sheba will follow in thier footsteps!

Brown moonspots are a possibility when breeding Sheba(2 of her 3 siblings had them) or Onyx(has small ones parallel on her back legs).

Curious to see what colorations and qualities come out from breeding HighNote to either Pearl or Onyx(where they share pedigrees at 3-4 generations and back).

We are wondering if we should continue breeding Momma or not... she is a good brood doe, and gives a decent amount of milk, but unless we bred her to a meat breed, her kids wouldn't be what we want...

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Momma is large enough that she shouldn't have any problems being bred to a Boer, it would give you some meat kids.

for wattles and blue eyes!

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

Breeding Question,

I know wattles can be passed on - The babies have them at birth correct? Or can they develop later?

What about "beards"? Are they a genetic trait? When do they develop?

My ND girls are 8 months old (today actually ) their Dam had a large beard, don't know about the Sire. I was not sure if I could expect them to develop the same.

The buck I am looking at has wattles. My doelings do not. So wattles would be a 50/50 thing, or are they dominant?